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LNS

calātor, calātōris

id.; a servant for calling, etc., a crier; hence, calo

noun (m., 3^rd declension)

a servant, of priests
any servant, attendant

Abbreviations

calātor, ōris, m. id.; a servant for calling, etc., a crier; hence, Lit., a servant, esp. of priests, Suet. Gram. 12; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 268; Inscr. Orell. 2431 sqq.; so freq. in inscriptions.

— In gen., any servant, attendant; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 38 and 225 Mull.: egomet mihi comes, calator, equus, agaso, armiger, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 11; id. Ps. 4, 2, 52; id. Rud. 2, 3, 5.